Doggie

4 months ago, a dog appeared in my driveway while the car was being fixed by a mobile car repair person. I'd scratched the front entering into the garage. To my defense, it was rainy and it was a tight squeeze. But Gaz will tell you that it was just bad driving. The result was some pretty unsightly long scratches, some of which were deep enough to expose the fibreglass material of the bumper.

The car repair service was great and fixed it to look as new. It was a mobile service which means they come to the house with their tools to fix the car. It was a franchise called The Touch Up Guys and we had a lovely man Gary Marshall who worked on the car. He diligently sanded the affected area to the base level and applied 3 layers of paint to match the rest of the car over a few hours. The total charged was $600. I had read that auto shops charge anywhere between $150 to $1000 so it was within the range.

Anyway, this dog had appeared while he was working on the car and wandered into the garage and around the house. Gary thought it was our dog so he let him wander around until he came to tell us he was finished with the job. It was then we saw the cute and curious dog. It was a bit scruffy, brown and white fur. It didn't look like a stray, it was just very curious to enter the house and started whining when we didn't let it in. We gave him a container of cool water and patted it. I called it Doggie.

A few months later, it made the journey back to the front of the house and explored the front garden. This time, it has a new pink collar which meant it definitely was not a stray, and that I should probably start calling it a 'her'. We gave it some cool water which it lapped thirstily at. Never once did it barked, although the dog in the nearby house yipped plenty, probably wanting to be out playing with the new dog. This dog looked like a hairy Russell terrier and is very well behaved. It took a bit of coaxing but it knew how to sit when told to. I tried to follow it home to see which house it belonged to, but it was too quick for me and left without a trace. 

Today, when I was outside hanging the laundry on the line, I could hear the whining of a dog over in the neighbour's backyard. I hadn't realised she had bought a dog so curious, I peered at the gaps of the fence to catch a glimpse of this dog. My heart jumped when he scampered over and tried to dig its way underneath the fence. I saw it's scruffy white fur, and then I saw the pink collar. It was Doggie! So, after all the wondering of where it came from, the mystery is finally solved. It lived just next door. I hope it would come around more often to say hi or play.